The Post-Dearing Agenda for Quality and Standards in HE

A new national agency - the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education - is now responsible for external quality assurance in higher education, while another new agency, the Institute for Learning and Teaching, is being created to promote learning and teaching. What impact are these new agencies likely to have? This monograph describes the background to the new proposals on quality and standards, and looks at their potential impact on academic and institutional practice.